BRITISH BIRDS. 
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THE COLE-TITMOUSE. 
(, Barits ater y Lin. — Le petite Charbonniere y Buff,) 
This bird is fomewhat lefs than the laft, and 
weighs only two drachms; its length is four in- 
ches : Its bill is black, as are alfo its head, throat, 
and part of its breaft ; from the corner of the bill, 
on each fide, an irregular patch of white paffes 
under the eyes, extending to the fides of the neck ; 
a fpot of the fame colour occupies the hind part of 
the head ; the back and all the upper parts are of 
a greenilh alh colour ; the wing coverts are tip- 
ped with white, which forms two bars acrofs the 
wing ; the under parts are of a reddifh white ; legs 
lead colour ; tail fomewhat forked at the end. 
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